When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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